I have not read the report or the Tory view on it but they might have objected to the suggested strategies or conclusions, rather than objecting to children.

As for UKIP, again I am only guessing at the reason for their response but it might be that they do not believe the EU has a mandate to interfere in purely national matters. They might have considered that the famously incompetent Federal institutions were unlikely to succeed in their intentions.

It would be a fair reason for objecting; who would want to trust an organisation which can only account for 8% of the money it receives. If it were a company it would have been closed down.

Another topic on which UKIP and the Conservatives voted the same way was the issue of retaining first class rail and business class travel for MEPs. They voted against it.

The Labour MEPs and the LibDem Meps voted to keep their perks. Perhaps this should have been reported as ‘Labour and LibDems Vote Against Tax Payers’.

Taxpayer’s money was also wasted in the recent celebrations for EU Day. The ugly ceremony outside the federal buildings was quite horrible in its blatant EU Nationalism. Armed soldiers in combat uniform trudged a huge EU flag and hoisted it, there was music from the Luftwaffe Band, salutes and even German Imperial Eagles. The event was reminiscent of May Day Parades in the Soviet Union and Nuremburg rallies. Anyone who is still deluding themselves that the EU is just a forum for friendly co-operation about trade, etc., should have a look at this video clip of it, which is followed by comments from Nigel Farage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV5XfSTq9cE

At future celebrations there will be probably be goose-stepping, tanks and missiles and speeches from the podium about invading the EU’s neighbours.